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MAGEE SI BLAINE
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cussed the- Pittsburg
Leader Says the
MAINE 31 AN TVON'T REFUSE.
The Secretary Has Not Been LooMnjj
So Well for Years, and Can
GO THROUGH A CAMPAIGN EASILY.
Be Wil! Ecsump Charge of the State Depart
ment in tLe JCcar Fo.tn.re.
XI'KIXLEY CHAJiriOXS A COLORED MAN
JFKOM A STATT CORItESPOVnr.VT.
New Yonn, Sept 7. Christopher I.
Jlagee, the Republican leader of Western
j'euns lvnnia, who has been at Dar Harbor
for the pat week, arrived at the Fifth Ave
pue Hotel to-day. Mr. Magee was Chair
man of the Committer on Resolutions at
the recent Republican State Conventij-n
held in the Keystone State, which prepared
the resolution that were ratified by the
convention strongly eulogizing Mr. Blaine.
Considerable significance is attached to
Mr. Magce's pilgrimage to to Bar Harbor at
this time by many politic'an. According
to one report tent out, Magce's visit had
for its object the obtaining of an expression
from the Plumed Knight of regarding his
Candidacy for the Presidency next year,
and the attitude he (Blaine) will assume
toward President Harrison in that connec
tion. It was further alleged that Mr. Ma
gee was anxious to have a definite under
standing on this point, so that he conld
combine on some other candidate, in the
event of Mr. Blaine not being in the run
Sing. THE CALX UPON blaine.
Mr. Magee smiled quite broadly when
liis attention was called to the above report
to-day.
"My going to Bar Harbor," he said,
'was simply in the nature of a summer
outing. I was accompanied by my wife
end a personal friend. Yes, it is true that
I called upon Mr. Blaine and had a very'
pleasant interne with him. The visit
was purely a social one, however. If Mr.
Maine had bee at all inclined to talk poli
tic, it seems to me that he would have
embraced the opportuuity in the presence
of a Pennsylvanian coming from a conven
tion that had indorsed him in such
Jiigh terms. But Mr. Blaine did not
mention the subject of the resolutions of
the llarnsburg convention and I certainly
did not feel at liberty to allude to the'tnat
ter without first receiving some encourage
ment from him. 1 did not call on Mr.
Maine with the idea of talking politics. It
was purely a social call in the nature of
p-iying my respects, and I am sure he re
jrirded it as such. Mr. Blaine talked very
entertainingly on miny subjects outbids of
politics, as he always does when he is feel
ing well, and from all appearances he is
CERTAINLY IK SPLENDID HEALTH
Bow. I w him when he was in this city
in May attending the dedication cercmonief
of the Carnegie Music HalL He looked
Very badly then. His complexion was
almost ghostly in its palcnet-s, and it was
cudent that he was iar lrom well.
"But I hae never seen Mr. Blaine look
ing better in ten years than he is to-day.
His pallor is gone and his cheeks are ruddy.
He told me that ho had not taken a particle
ot medicine since he came to Bar Harbor,
end his looks bore out the statement No
one need hare any uneasiness about Mr.
Blaine's health He is a perfectly well man."
Mr. Magee was asked about the statement
telegraphed from Washington to the effect
that the modification or the resolution of
the Pennsylvania Kepublican Convention
respecting Blaine was brought about by tel
egraphic orders from Postmaster General
Wanamaker, acting at the dictation of Pres
ident Harrison
'As Chairman of the committee that drew
up the resolutions," said Mr. Magee, "I
vould have heard of it if Mr. Wanainaker,
or anyone else, had sent instructions regard
ing tho platform. No orders, or even sug
gestions, were received trom anyone outside
of the con ci.tioa as to the course we should
pursue.
J.O DISPUTE ABOUT BLAINE.
"The position of Pennsylvania on Blaine
must be prettj well understood throughout
the countrj We have no Tactions when his
Hume is under consideration. We are all
for tno Plumed Knight In preparing the
TC-olntions at the Harrisburg convention
our desire was to commend the administra
tion or President Harrison as faithful and
lionet but at the same time to emphasize
the fact of our preference for Blaine overall
other men as our choice for President next
3 eai. The best way to do that with the least
embarrassment to Mr Blame was all that
concerned us in framing tho resolutions.
The charges that were made in tho original
draft of the resolutions weie made solely
v ith that end in view."
"Did you form any impression, Mr. Magee,
from your conversation with Mr. Blaine.
whether he would boa candidate or would
accept the nomination of his party next
yeart"
The only impression that I formed,"
f aid Mr. Magee, "was that Mr. Blaine is in
very good health and Is not giving a mo
ment's thought to the Presidency. Had ho
been Interested In tho subject Jas a Presi
dental candidate he would have made somo
allusion to the matter to a caller known, to
bo thoroughly friendly to him ns I am.
HE WILL NOT EEPUSE.
"My opinion Is that Mr. Blaine is not a can
didate in any sense or the word, but that If
the populai demand for him continues to be
as strong next year as it is to-day, that he
w 111 not refuse to heed the call ot his party,
provided his health holds good, and there is
everv indication that It will. I do not see
liow ho can avoid accepting the nomination
under those circumstances. Frankly, I do
not believe that he will refuse."
Mr. Magee disclaimed any inspiration for
the statement. He simply expressed his
opinion of the matter. Mr. Magee added
that Mr Blaino said he expected to return to
"U ashiugton and resume his duties at the
liead of the State Department early next
month Asked ir ho did .riot think Mr.
Blaine'-, continuance in tho Stato Depart
ment voulu ben source of embarrassment
tohifiiuidsin theii efforts to make him
the Republican standard bearer next year
3Ir. Mageo said not. Mr, Blaine was not a
cund'dite and therefore he could not be held
down to anv imaginary allegiance to the
JrMdent The Republican party speaking
tuiougu its mouthpiece, the Natlonalcon
xentlon, would be supreme. The party
could take the responsibility of caliiug upon
cr.j one of its adherents to lead in the next
Rirat struggle for political supremacy, and
it would be the plain duty of gentlemen so
selected to accept tho call without refer
ence to the claims nnd aspirations of other
Jndn lduals. Ciueles T. Murray.
Colored RrpublicansCompllmentHarrison.
Evr Yosx, Sept. 7. A mass meeting of tho
colored Republican voters of this city was
held to-night at the Opera, House, when res
olutions Tiore adopted recommending to
President Harrison Rev. R. . Smith, of
New York, for appointment as Minister
Resident to Liberia. The administration
was indorsed and the President thanked for
the appointment of Mr. Durham as Minister
to Haiti.
VOTES FOR M'KINLEY
MADE BT THE DRAWING OF
COLOR LIKE IN CINCDXNATL
THE
Legislator Green, the Colored Author of
Ohio's Labor Day Law, Refused Admit
tance to a Hotel McKinley Cancels His
Order for Rooms There
Cincinnati, Sept 7. Special Hon.
John P. Green, colored, of Cleveland, came
to Cincinnati to participate in the Labor
Day celebration, on special invitation of
the Amalgamated Council of Trades, to
make an address. He is a lawyer, and the
author of the bill making Labor Day a legal
holiday. He has represented Cuyahoga
county in the State Legislature two terms,
and is a candidate for the nomination of
State Senator on the Republican ticket
this falL
Mr. Green arrived in Cincinnati on Sun
day morning and registered at the Gibson
House. He was assigned a room, and when
the dinner hour arrived he entered the
dining room and took his meal. In the
evening he went to supper, out was torn ne
Would nave to take nis meal in the ordin
ary. Mr. Green objected and reported at
the office. Manager Dunbar was called in
and the case was laid before him. He said
that he wished to treat the man as a gentle
man, but he could positively not eat in the
public dining room. Mr. Green thereupon
paid his bill and went to tho Burnett House,
where he secured lodgings. The insult soon
became noised about, and the Labor Com
mittee reported the matter to a number of
uepuDiicuns.
When the commltteo In charge first heard
Of the affair they were furious, and at onco
went to the Gibson House, where, after ex
pressing their opinion of the matter, can
celled the order for tho parlors engaged for
Major McKinley, who was one of the speak
ers, and took him to the Burnett House also.
The various organizations as they took their
places in line this morning eagerly discussed
the affair, and later, when the procession
was moving, the officers refused to follow
the police and patrol escort past the Gibson
House and marched another way. McKin
ley and Green appeared together and were
loudly cheered. All along the line of march
they were applauded.
The incident served a big political turn,
though it was wholly a con partisan affair.
There has been an influential and somewhat
numerous bolt in the colored ranks, bnt Mc
Kinley's conduct has set the colored popula
tion wild; his name is heard on all sides, and
casual groups of colored men on the streets
cheer It at every opportunity.
Mr. Green, in speaking of the affair, said:
"You cannot imagine how the disgrace of
such treatment affects a man. If my heart
could be taken out It would be found, I al
most think, to be covered with scars. Such
treatment comes with the force of a blow,
and mv heart is kept bleeding all the time.
If I am poor I may by individual effort mass
wealth and so better my condition."
FAVOR STATE ISSUES ONLY.
The New Tork Farmers' League Takes
Steps Toward Political Action.
Albaxt, Sept 7. The convention of the
State Farmers' League was held here this
afternoon to outline a plan of action on
political questions affecting the Interests of
agriculture. About 50 leagues were repre
sented. A committee was appointed to con
fer with representatives from like organiza
tions to secure a combination of counsels
nnd forces. The committee which had been
appointed to report to the convention a plat
form of principles reported that the action
taken last year is having an effect on the
politics of the State in a hopeful decree, and
that the campaign should be fought out on
State issues. The following is the closing
plank:
"Resolved, That we are opposed to all
kinds of class legislation, and we are like
wise against the consolidation, combination
or manipulation of powers by individuals or
corporations as inimical to a free and inde
pendent exercise of personal liberty and
the protection of both public and private
interests."
GOVEENOE KILL AT BUFFALO.
He Reviews the Labor Parade and Is
Cheered by the Organizations in Line.
Bcppalo, Sept. 7. Governor HU1 arrived
in the city early this morning accompanied
by General McEwen and Colonel Ruppert
He was met at the depot by the Citizens'
Reception Committee, which included
Maj or Bishop, Congressman Lockwood and
others, and escorted to the Iroquois Club for
breakfast At 10.30 the Governor reviewed
the Labor Day parade from the balcony of
the hotel and was cheered by the
organizations as thev passed. From
11.30 to 1 o'clock the" Governor held a
citizen's reception at the Mayor's office, and
shook hands with a goodly number of peo
ple, including many prominent citizens of
both political parties.
At 1 o'clock Governor Hill and party
started In carriages for the Country Club for
luncheon. A salute of 17 guns was fired In
his honor. After lunch the party started for
Germania Park, where the Governor was to
deliver an address at the Labor Day picnic.
MAHONEHEABD FB0K AGAIN.
His Republican State Committee Advises
Republicans to Bide Their Time.
Richmond, Sept 7. The State Republican
Committee, General William Mabone, Chair
man, has just issued another address to the
Republicans of Virginia, headed: "We Will
Bide Our Time," which Is about evenly di
vided between a denunciation of the Demo
crats and a glorification of the Readjusters
and Republicans. The address concludes as
follows:
"Let the imposters who are masquerading
in our clothes as Rcadjustors, as the friends
of free education and free suffrage, as the
conservators of our institutions and civili
zation, play their dreary farce alone. Waste
no effort or energy, no time and means. In a
direction now perfectly useless. Husband
your strength and resources for tho time
which shall surely come when a fair field
and an honest election shall be posible in
Virginia."
NEW Y0EK7S C0H1HG COKVENTI01?.
Thomas C. Piatt Reviews the Situation on
the Eve of the Battle.
Rochester, X. Y., Sept. 7. Verv few dele
gates to the Republican State Convention
that will meet here on Wednesday have yet
arrived. Another 4 hours political excite
ment will be at its height Thomas C. Piatt
arrived this morning, nnd in an Interview
said:
"Andrew D. White is in the field to stay
and has strong support. Van Cott has many
friends among tho New York delegates, but
it doesn't seem politic to ask him to leave
his present position. Captains Becker and
Wadsworth are still in the field and will be
strongly supported in their lespectivo posi
tions. There is nothing in the Tracy move
ment It Is not wise to run an administra
tion candidate."
BECOGNIZED BY EGAN.
The Minister Opens Communication 'With,
the New Chilean Government.
Washiqtos, Sept 7. The Department of
State telegraphed to Minister Egan on Sep
tember 4 that if a government had been
formed by the Congressional party, which
was acceptable to the people, that he should
recognize it and open communication with
its nead.
To-day the department received a tele
gram from Mr. Egan, in answer to tho nbove,
stating that a provisional government had
been established on the 4th Inst, with Jorge
Montt as President and was universally ac
ceptedby the people, and that he (Mr. Egan)
was In very cordial communication with it
An African Explorer Killed.
Zotzibak, Sept. 7 It is reported hero that
natives recently killed tho explorer Stuhl
man in a skirmish on Lake Tunganj lka.
THE TARIFFS WOEK.
Its Effect Upon the Tin and Iron In
. dustries of Great Britain.
AMERICA MAKING ITS OWN GOODS.
The law Bears Most Heavily on the Fabrics
Worn by the Rich.
NO GEEAT DECEEASE IN COMMERCE
LONDON', Sept 7. Continuing efforts
made in Germany last month to ascertain
the feeling of foreign manufacturers in re
gard to the McKinley bill, investigations
of a similar character have been made
throughout Great Britain, "While the ex
ports to America from certain places show a
marked falling off, yet the totals for Janu
ary, February and March this year (the
last three months for which figures are ob
tainable) show an increase over the figures
of the same months last year. These
months may be regarded as the best ones for
comparison since the bill went into effect
In 1890 during those months the rush to
get goods into America before the bill be
came a law had not yet begun, and this
vear the same months form a period when
the rush, with the exception of tin plate,
was over, and when business may be
supposed to have been in a more normal con
dition than at anv time since the passage of
the bill.
THE TOTAL riGUBES.
The total value of declared exports for
the first quarter of 1891 from the Consular
District of Great Britain and Ireland
amounted to over ?46,000,000, against 545,
878,724 during the same quarter of last year.
Interviews with several leading manu
facturers and exporters show that the metal
trade is the one principally affected in the
Liverpool district, and the tin plate trade
particularly. There Is complete stagnation
in this Industry at present. American
buyers, to anticipate the working of the
new tariff as far as practicable, Imported
during the six months prior to July 1, when
the new rate went into effect, more than
enough tin plate to supply a year's demand.
The big manufacturers here are all hopeful
that there will be a change In the law after
the next Piesidental election.
One of the leading tin plate men said we
were making tin plate In fact, but ques
tioned our being able to make it profitably.
One of the largest Liverpool exporters, who
has recently been In America to judge for
himself, expresses his opinion in this wise:
"The increased duty has caused stagnation
in the tin plate trade; but, as we had suffi
cient foresight to get 12 months' stock
landed before Jul vL wo can afford to wait
this year and do little or nothing else."
LOOKING TO THE COMING ELECTION.
"Trade is now at a standstil with the South
Wales workers," he continued, "and Liver
pool exporters are doing nothing, except in
the tin plate for oil cans, etc. The duty
does not affect this branch of the trade ex
cept on the right side. If the McKinley bill
Is sustained after tho coming election, the
English trade mnst be much impaired, but
for the present the safe and only policy to
be pursued by both masters and men is to
keep the prices as low as possible in order to
disoourage manufacturers in America. As
to tho cose, I can't say, although wo are
ver anxious to know what they find the
cost of production to be." The representa
tives of other large exporting firms ex-
pressea similar views.
Welsh makers interviewed at Cardiff 'ad
mit that the time roust come when Ameri
cans will make their own plates, but they
declare they fear no immediate attempt.
Prices at Cardiff have greatlr decreased and
are now barely remunerative, but the de
mand is the same as ever, all the works
being again in Tull operation. It is also
claimed that the demand from America Is
just as constant as before the introduction
of the tariff. Therefore, the Welshmen say,
that so far the McKinley act has not affected
the tin plate trade, though its indirect effect
has been to cause prices to decrease.
Prices are not much lower than those pre
vailing before the tanff was heard of, and
the Welshmen think that should the time
come when Americans make their own tin
plates, the Welsh manufacturers are confi
dent of their abllltv to hold their own
against them, no matter how high a protec
tive tariff they may impose.
THE EFrECT ON ICON.
Among the iron manufacturers at Glas
gow, William Jacks & Co. and H. L Selig
mann were Interviewed. Tbey said the Iron
manufacturers of Scotland are at present
disturbed by a London syndicate and can't
export much iron, but the principal cause of
the limited exportation lies in the very
large Incieaso in the manufacture of pig
iron in America a manufacture which last
year surpassed tho production of Great
Britain. A great deal of steel scrap for re
melting w ent to America, but they say the
McKinley tariff has killed this trade. No
other kind of steel has been exported from
Glasgow to tho States for years.
Among the textile manufacturers theie
- as a unanimity of opinion that It is too
soon yet to conclude what will be the full
effect of the tariff upon woolen goods. So
iar as the trade has gone, they say the tariff
looks ns If it were quite prohibitive.
There aro great carpet manufacfturers in
Glasgow, but they are not much affected by
the tariff. It is frankly admitted that the
Americans can make carpets as well as the
Scotch, only the latter believe that they will
still be able to get a market in the United
States for choice designs and superior work
manship. In Sheffield there nre, roughly speaklng
between 3,000 and 4,000 men engaged In sup,
plying the American market. For the first
lew months after the tariff came into opera
tion these found great difficulty In obtaining
employment but recently there has been a
perceptible improvement in their condition,
so far as the more valuable goods are con
cerned The loner-priced ai tides are af
fected veiy greatly.
HOPES OF FUTURE LEGISLATION.
The heads of the firm of Joseph Rogers &
Sons claim that they havo not been damaged
so much by tho operations of the new tariff
as by the uncertainty whicn exists with re
gards to future legislation. People will not
buy when high duties are in operation
which stand a chance of being lowered.
He reinarkod that when the McKinley
tariff first came into operation trade was
pulled down a great deal, as the firm ex
pected wonld be tho case. Instead of trade
Becoming worse, uowever, it had gradually
improved of late, and he was of the opinion
that they would be able to see the tariff
safely through.
The Sheffield manufacturers claim that
the best cutlery hitherto manufactured in
the United States is not equal to that lni-
fiorted from Sheffield. It is supposed that
he excellence of Sheffield cutlery is due to
some peculiar property in me water, but
there Is no doubt that the real cause of tho
superiority of the steel goods made in that
town is the superiority of the handicrafts
mom Mr. Rogers states thnt high class goods
always find a reauy market in the United
States or elseweere, and he belloves that the
American tariff has bad a more disastrous
effect upon German wares than upon the
cutlery which Sheffield Is exporting to
America. Upon the lower priced goods,
Sheffield as well as German, tho tariff has
operated prejudicially, the specific duty of
so much ad valorem hitting maniJactures of
these classes of wares very hard.
SCOTTISH CAPITAL IS TI iIID.
To erect works in America Is.in theoplnion
of Dundee linen manulaotureis, a great
peril. Capital, they say, is shy of risking to
build upon a foundation -so unstable. A
popular vote, they argue, may ohange all the
conditions on which such a trade is built up.
In the meantime the very large American
wheat crop, with the deficient crop in
Europe, requires the movement of much
grain fiom the United States to Europe, and
therefoie the demand for British-made
burlaps is - ery great
The most Inteiesttng and important state
ment as to America in connection with his
Investigation were obtained lrom tho Hop.
John C New, Consul General of the United
States at I ondon, who wns asked by tho
correspondent w hat neiethe effectof the
tariff act on tho expoit trade in London and
Great Britain. General New said:
"I can only give you the facta that have
come under my observation In my office and
those that havo been reported to mo by the
consuls under my Jurisdiction. For the six
months ending June BOof this year there was
a falling off of about 10 per cent in the num
ber of invoices at my Consulate- General and
a decrease of from 10 to 15 per cent in the
value of tho exports' as compared wlththe
correspondlng months of 1890. During the
same period the reports from all consulates
in Great Britain show a marked decrease In
exnorts ot such articles as silks, . fine
worsted dress goods, fine unions which ate
cotton and linen mixed goods, wool, camel
and goat hair goods, and manufactures of
iron and steel, amounting approximately to
60 per cent while the decrease in the value
of cutlery exported amounts to about 60 per
cent.
SOME INSTANCES OF INCREASES.
J'Have there been any articles the expor
tation of whloh has Increased?"
"Yes: tin plate, for instance, has doubled,
and manufactured wools, with an increased
duty, have largely increased. Hemp nnd
flax, with an increased duty, have doubled,
and drugs also, with a decreased duty, have
nearly doubled. These articles reduce the
average of decrease in the whole volume of
exports from Great Britain very materially,
hnd, taken In connection with the artloles
which have been added to the free list under
tho tariff act, the exportation of whicn nas
largely increased, it wouldappear that there
is no paralysis of trade between our country
and this."
"Do you think the trade will continue to
r1PTrl14Af
"I take It that the trade or this country
with the United States will increase in pro
portion ns our population increases, and
that Great Britain need have no fear of the
healthy competition of American manufac
turers, who am nrotented lv the tariff only
asainst the lower wages on this side of the
water.
"It is noticeable that the exportg of mate
rials for manufacturing the oneapei grades
of goods which aro used by the worklngmen
have not decreased, but have Increased,
while the exports of such goods s silks,
fine worsteds, dress goods, union and flhe
woollens, camel and goat hair goods have
fallen off, which goes to show the effect of
tho tariff bill has been a benefit rather than
a hardship to the laborers In the United
States England may have suffoied some
what, but America has certainly gained by
tho result"
TEMPERANCE FOE GERMANY.
SOME OS THE PROVISIONS OF THE
PROPOSED NEW LAW.
Licenses to Be Granted Only Where Needed
No Sales of Liquor to Drunkards or
Minors Drunkards to Be Treated as
Minors, With Guardians.
Berlin, Sept 1. The proposed new law
against the abuse of spirituous liquors was
published in the Beichsanzeiger to-day.
While paragraph 33 of the law formerly
left it to the different Federal Governments
to grant licenses, the law is now so changed
as to allow of the granting of license only
in cases where there appears to be a need
for a retail liquor shop or for a saloon.
A license will be refused to any one of Im
moral character dr to people who rfiay be
suspected of using the liquor business as a
cloak for debauchery, gambling, etc. In
cities of over 6,000 inhabitants the retail
trade in liquors must not be connected with
any other kind of trade. Excepted from
this are only the drugstores, which may sell
liquors in scaled and labeled bottles.
All inn and saloon keepers must supply
their guests with non-splrituousS liquors if
required, and also witli eatables as far as
possible. They must keep strict order in
their places afed prevent nnything which
may lead to the abuse of alcoholics drinks.
The police can forbid the sale of liquors be
fore 8 a. M. The sale of drinks to minors be
low the ago of 16 1b forbidden, except In
cases where they are accompanied by grown
persons or while traveling.
Inn and saloonkeepers, as well as retail
dealers, are forbidden to furnish liquor to
people who have been convicted of com
mon drunkenness or intoxicated persons.
Inn and saloon keepers are not allowed to
furnish liquor on credit except in. cases
where the guest Is taking them wittrTus
meals. Common drunkards can be placed
under legal guardianship. Such a person is
legally equal to a minor.
BTJSSIAHS HELPING ONE AK0THEB.
measures for Tiding Over the Threatened
Famine in the Provinces.
ST. PETEESBtnto, Sept 7. The prospects for
a good harvest In the Caucasus are splendid.
The Government has reduced by 50 per cent
the rates hitherto levied upon cereals trans
ported on the Caucasian railroads. In addi
tion, the navigation companies on the Cas
pian sea and on the river Volga have deter
mined that they will also lessen their tariffs.
It is officially announced that there are
largo reserves of ryo stored In the granaries
of the Baltic province of Livonia, and the
Governor of that province has offered to
lend 1,000,000 poods to tho provinces whloh
find themselves deficient in their supply of
rye, owing to bad I orops or other reasons.
This loan is to be repaid when the next
harvest Is gathered.
Tho peasants of Courland, another of tho
Baltic provinces, havo made a similar offer.
They announce their willingness to lend
1,000,000 poods of rye to less fortunato pro
vinces on the sole Condition that the Im
perial Government will see that the grain
lent is restituted in the course of time.
Russian Royalty to Visit Franoe.
Paris, Sept. 7. Recent correspondence be
tween the Czar and Baron Do Mohrenheim,
the Russian Ambassador at Paris, makes it
appear quite certain that immediately after
the Copenhagen visit is concluded, the
Crarina and the Czarowitz, escorted by an
imposing Russian squadron, will proceed In
the Imperial yacht to Cherbourg. It is set
tled that the President of the Republic, at
tended by members of the Ministry and the
high officers of the army, will receive the
Illustrious visitors at Cherbourg and act as
their escort to Paris. The imperial progress
from Cherbourg to the capital, and their re
ception at the lntter place Will present a
scene ofdmDOslng grandeur such as has not
been witnessed in Franco since tho days of
the first Napoleon.
A Russian Spy In Afghanistan.
Calcutta, Sept 7. General Alikhanoff, tho
well-known Russian commander and Ori
ental diplomat, has been anested at Cabal,
the capital of Afghanistan. He is charged
with being a spy in tho employ of the Russian
Government General Alikhanoff was cap
tured while disguised as a Moslem devotee.
It Is claimed on his behalf that he Is no
longer in the employ of the Russian Govern
ment. It Is probable that stern measures
will be taken by tho Ameer of Afghanistan
in the case of this important prisoner, who
is considered by the British authorities to
be one of the most daring, astute and danger
ous men in the Russian service.
Two French Railroad Wrecks.
Pabis, Sept 7. Throngh the neglect of a
switchman, a train at the Marenil Railway
Btation was telescoped to-day by running
Into terminus buffers, and 14 persons were
Injured. The Nice express, on entering
.Marseilles, also met with an accident and
had a narrow escape. The train wns run
into by a freight train. The rear car of the
express was a bargage car, and owing to this
fact the passengors escaped with their lives.
England Acts on the Dardanelles Question.
Pabis, Sept 7. A dispatch from London Is
to the effect the British Government has
opened negotiations with Germany, Austria
and Italy for convening an international
conference for the revision of the treaties of
Berlin and Paris, especially with the view of
deciding the important questions that have
lately arisen regarding the Balkans and the
free passage of the Dardanelles.
The Czar Desires Union With France.
Paris, Sept. 7. At a banquet given in his
honor at Lonrdes to-daj, Baron Von Mohr
enheim, the Russian Ambassador to France,
in an address, said that he was only promot
ing the Czar's wishes In desiring an intimate
union between Russia and France.
Half a Million Troops Confronting Germany
St. Petersburg, Sept 7. Troops to the
number of 150,000 have been ordered to War
saw. This will bring the number of the
Russian forces on the Polish frontier up to
500,000.
, Thirteen Drowned In a Shipwreck.
Loifboif, Sept 7. The British bark Fiji,
bound from Hamburg to Melbourne, lias
been wrecked on the-rocks off Wainambool,
Australia, and 13 of tho crew were drowned.
ONE MORE SMSATM.
Qnaker City Mercantile Appraisers
Suspended and Will Be
SOON AEEESTED AND PROSECUTED.
District Attorney Graham Surprised By
the Evidence Produced.
CASHIER UTSEY TET IN MILWAUKEE
tEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO Tmj DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7. City Treasurer
"Wright scored a signal victory to-day.
With the evidence in his possession against
the mercantile appraisers, he forced District
Attorney Graham to admit the force of his
charges and to agree to the institution of
criminal prosecutions against the members
of the board. He also forced Auditor Gen
eral McCaraant to join him in suspending
the appraisers, although this was very much
against the wishes of the Auditor General.
By his work of to-day the City Treasurer
has succeeded in suspending Messrs. Pat
ton, Crawford, Houseman, Hunter and
Bell from their duties as mercantile ap
praisers, and warrants for their arrest will
be issued in a few days. On Saturday
Treasurer Wright wrote to District Attor
ney Graham asking him to come to Phila
delphia on Monday morning and go over
the evidence against the appraisers, as the
matter could no longer be delayed. At 10
b'clock this morning Ihe District Attorney
called at the City Treasurer's office.
THE DISTRICT ATTOKNBt SURPEISED.
The gentlemen were closeted together for
over an hour, during which all the evidence
that has been secured against the Appraisers
was submitted to tMk District Attorney.
The latter expressed iiimself as greatly sur
prised at what he Saw, and said that he had
no idea that such a state of affairs, as shown
by the City Treasurer's Information, could
exist He agreed with City Treasurer
Wright that tho men should be arrested and
Srosecnted without delay. After leaving
tr. Wright's office the District Attorney re
?iaired to his own office, where he wrote a
etter to Mr. Wright indorsing the City
Treasurer's action and advising nlm as to
how he should proceed.
Shoitly after the District Attorney's de
parture. Auditor General McCamant called
at the City Treasurer's office, and he and
Mr. W right had a long conference on the
subject of tho dismissal of the mercantile
appraisers. The City Treasurer was anx
ious that the men should be dismissed at
once, but to this the Auditor General said
he would not listen until be had had an op
portunity of making a careful examination
bf the evidence in the City Treasurer's
possession.
Mr. Wright told Mr. McCamant that he
would be only too happy to permit him to
examine the evidence then and there. The
Auditor General, .however, declined, saying
that the Auditoi General's office was at
Harrlsburg, and if Mr. Wright would send
his evidence to him. be would examine it,
and act without delay. Mr. Wright said
that he would not permit the evidence to go
out of his possession. He said that District
Attorney Graham had been there just pre
viously and had gone over the matter and
had not asked to take the papers away, and
was satisfied that the charges were well
founded.
WILLING TO ASSIST.
Mr. Wright said that the Auditor General
could take the papers and examine them In
the City Treasurer's office and that he would
remain to assist him. He would stay and as
sist the Auditor General until he had made
an examination that was entirely satisfac
tory, If If took all night. Even this did not
satisfy the Auditor General, and he de
clined to examine tho evidence.
Mr. Wright however. Insisted that the
Appraisers should be removed from office
without delay, and after a good deal of
argument succeeded In convincing the Au
ditor General that the Appraisers would
have to go. Mr. McCamant finally yielded
so far as to agree to suspend the Appraisers
Sending an examination of the charges.
Ir. Wright then said he would submit to a
suspension, but Insisted that in the notice
suspending the Appraisers that he be al
lowed to say that In hiB opinion the order
should be one of dismissal and not of sus
pension. The Auditor General wrote and signed the
order of suspension, to which was attached
the concurrence Of City Treasurer Wright
LIVSEY YET IN MILWAUKEE.
SON-IN-LAW JONES NOW ADMITS HE
WAS THERE FRIDAY.
From Other Sources It Is Learned He Has
Not Left the City An Evident Desire to
Avoid Answering Any Embarrassing
Sept 7. Special Will
iam Livsey, the Pennsylvania State official
who is alleged to have left the State to
avoid being compelled to testify in the
Treasury investigation, is still in Milwau
kee, apparently at the house ot Euguene
Jones, a painter living at G93 National ave
nue. When a reporter called at the Jones
residence to-day, Mr. Jones came to the
door and, in response to a question whether
Mr. Livsey was in, replied rather curtly:
"No, sir; Mr. Livsey is not in."
Z"Well, when did he leave?" the reporter
asked.
"Oh, some time last week."
"Was he here Friday night!"
"Yes, sir."
"And when did he leave!"
"That I can't tell you."
There was nothing more to be learned
from Jones, who quite evidently did not
liko the cross-examination, but a little ama
teur detective work by the reporter resulted
in the discovery of an old lady, who lives
In the neighborhood, and who knows
pretty well what 1b going on within a few
blocks like most old ladles with keen per
ception and a relish for news. This lady in
formed the reporter 'that a strange gentle
man Just answering Mr. Livsey's description
had been at the Jones house for several
weeks, that sho knew he was thero yester
day, and that she had not heard of his leav
ing since. From this Information, together
with the partial admissions of Mr. Jones, It
seems certain that the Pennsylvania official
is still here.
C0HPB0MTSLHG LETTEES.
The Reason Given for the Continued Ab
sence of Cashier Livsey.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7. The Press to-day
contains the following: The non-appearance
of Cashier William Livsey, of the State
Treasury, before the Legislature's Investi
gating Committee, it was hinted yesterday,
is duo not merely to the memoranda
In John Bardsley's memorandum book.
It was stated last night from a
well-informed source that the experts going
over the ex-City Treasurer's books and
papers have in their possession a parcel of
correspondence between Mr. Livsey and
Bardsley, which, it is intimated, contain
matter of a nature likely to be regarded as
compromising Mr. Livsey.
It is stated positively that there is nothing
in these letters which reflects in any way
upon State Treasurer Boyer or upon the
oondnct of the office during his incumbency.
Cashier Lawrence's Brother Arrested.
Philadelphia, Sept 7. The expected at
rest of another of the clerks of the looted
Keystone Bank on the charge of making
false entries in his ledger took place this
morning. The arrested clerk is J. Frank
Lawrence, formerly on individual ledger
clerk at the bank and a brother of Charles
Lawrence, the assistant cashier of the bank,
who Is now serving a seven vears' sentence
in the penitentiary. Frank Lawrence was
brought before United States Commissioner
Craig and held in $10,000 ball for a hearing
to-moi row. E, L. Mngulie and Chariot Ege,
the two other clerks who were arrested
Sjturdavnurht. will also be civen a hearing
to-morrow. 1
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7' iBl "SClT"'""
JERRY RUSK'S SCHEME
ADEATHBED WEDDING
The Main Factor in a Big Pension
Conspiracy at Baltimore.
SHARP TRICK OP AN ATTORNEY,;
Marrying a Pretty Mulfato Girl to a Dying
Colored Veteran.
8EYEN PEOPLE IN THE LAW'S CLUTCHES
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Baltimore, Sept 7. Charles E. Gar
ritee, a well-known pension attorney, to
gether with ex-United States Commissioner
George Philpot, ihe Bev. Noah Jackson, a
colored preacher; Dr. George G. Brewer,
Mrs. E. Miller, and Mamie Cole, alias
Williams, were arrested to-day and brought
before Commissioner Kogers to answer the
charge of conspiring to defraud the
United States Government The case
is a rather unusual one, and
brings ont in a new light Garrittee, who is
now under indictment in nine cases for
violating the pension laws. The con
spiracy charged arises from the marriage of
Mamie Cole, a rather good looking mulatto
about 22 years of agfe( tcTJ6hnXewis Cole,
a colored veteran, while the latter was on
his death bed.
The marriage, which took place on the
21st of July last just before the old man's
death, was managed by Garritee, the pur
pose being to qecure to Mamie the old man's
pension oi $15 a month and an arrearage,
together with an increase of pension, which
will soon fall due, amounting to $1,000. At
the time of the marriage the old man was
unconscious and apparently entirely Obliv
ious of his wedding ceremony.
The religious service was performed bv
the Bev. Noah JacksOn, the venerable col
ored pastor of Shiloh Church, who admits
that he thought the marriage rather
queer, but supposed that brother Cole,
who had been living with Mamie,
wanted to make an honest woman
of her berore he diod. "When I read
the service," said he, "the old man seemed
to be nearly dead. He could not sit np in
bed, and Mr. Garritee put his hand under
bis head, while the bride stood alongside the
bed and held on to the hand of the dying
man. The doctor was there, too, and also a
couple of white ladles. I don't know who
tbev were.
"tVpll, when I read the service nnd asked
the man if he would take the woman as his
wife, he gurgled and couldhnrdly speak, but
at last he managed to stammer out "yes."
Mr. Garritee put his head back on tho pillow,
and the next day Iheard that the old soldier
was dead." He says mat u ne una Known it
was a scheme to defraud the Government
he would nave refused to perform the ceie
mony. It appears that Mamie had been living
with Cole for the past six years. She was
known as his daughter, bnt formerly lived
with him as his wife. Their home on Vine
street was comfortably furnished, and the
couple lived well lately on the pension of
(15 a month, whloh Lawyer Garritee secured
for the old man. Recently Garritee entered
a claim for an lnorease and arrears.
This 13 not Gain tee's first experience with
the pension laws. Six indictments for vio
lating them were recently found ngainst
him, and two trials resulted in Jury dis
agreements. They will be retried at the
present term, together with three new
cases which have Deen filed against him.
Dr. Brewer was released on his own recog
nizance, and the rest were released on $1,500
for a hearing on the 12th.
LOTTEftY AGENTS ACTIVE.
Thousands of Tickets Still Sold in the De
partments at Washington.
WABniitoTOK, Sept 7 flpecfat The Post
offloe Department officials have been con
gratulating themselves somewhat exuber
antly lately on the immense damage do ae to
the Louisiana and Mexico lotteries by tho
anti-lottery law. They have caused to be
published long stories of the arrest of the
President of each of these concerns for
using the mails contrary to the law, and
telling how the business of the concerns has
been decreased one-half because the amount
of tho capital prizes of each company has
been reduced apparently about one-half.
Possibly this may be true, bnt so far as this
city is concerned the sales can hurdlv be
less than they formerly were, and Washing
ton was ono of the strongholds of tho lot
tery. The Louisiana manhaseoneout of business
on account of his frequent arrests, but a new
and unknown agent now receives the tlcket3
by express and sub-agents pedals them
about hotels, saloons and the departments
as boldly as they ever did. Every month at
stated times an agent visits each of the de
partments, and thousands of tickets are dis
posed of in this way. In somo instances
well-known clerks assist the agents by tak
ing n number of tickets nnd serving them
out to others. All of these persons are as
legally liable to arrest as though they had
used the malls. "
A Consul Vindicated From Ugly Charges.
St. Paul, Sept. 7. The Pioneer Press has a
letter from United States Consul General J.
A. Leonard, of Shanghai, regarding a San
Francisco dispatch in which Collector
Phelps, of that city, was quoted as charging
the Consul at Shanghai witn collusion in a
scheme of Issuing fraudulent certificates, or
passports, to Chinamen leaving that prt
for the United States. It appeared that no
charges were entered at Washington ngainst
the Consul General, and it was subsequently
developed In San Francisco that the fraudu
lent certificates, or pasports, in question
bore a forged imitation of the consular
Stamp, or seal.
A War Vessel for Honolulu.
Washikgtox, Sept. 7,-ecrefary Tracy this
afternoon Issued orders for the Pensacola,
now at San Francisco, to proceod at once to
XV OPERATION AT LAST.
Honolulu. The state, of affairs at the
Hawaiian Islands, resulting from the death
or the Prince Consort, is such that the pres
ence there of an American man-of-war Is re
garded as necessary to gtrrd American in
terests.
A C0M7B0HISE
&E.
I The Tennessee Coal and i.zQr '- r
suDmiis a Propositions i'-Tq
Nashville,
Sept.7.-The Chairman " J?rA -ty B-H
Committees of the Tenness.OTj.0y :
Penitentiary
Legislature have received a proposition
from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company, and it will probably be submitted
when tho two Houses meet to-morrow. As
far as can be learned, the proposition is
about as follows: The contract provldingfor
the payment by the lessees of $100,000 a year
to the State Is to be cancelled. The lessees
aro to build a new prison at the head of tho
Sequatchl valley, to cost several hundred
thousand dollars, under the direction of an
architect to be appointed by -the State. In
this prison are to be kept the prisoners not
able to work in the mines.
Stockades shall be built for the convicts
in Marion, Bledsoe and Sequatchl counties,
and the able bodied convicts are to be
worked in the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Railroad Company's mines in those counties,
but nowhere else. The lessees are to pay
the State $250,000 for the labor of the con
victs during a lease rttnhing from 25 to 30
years. The State 10 to pay for clothing,
feeding, transportation and guard for the
convicts. The lessees are to be given the
site on which the present main prison
stands in this city. They will give the State
500 acres of land where the new prison is to
oe bnilt, on which the partially disabled
convicts can raise products for their ovp
-consumption. Jclsetktor are -of the opin
ion that it will pass the General Assembly,
with some modifications.
A REVOLT AGAINST BEANS.
Nutmeg State Convicts Enter Into a Con
spiracy Not to Fat Them.
Hartford, Sept. 7. Special. Forty-seven
convicts in the State prison at WethersHeld
last Saturday formed a conspiracy to eat no
more beans. The immediate result was the
confinement of nine of them in their cells
nnd the summoning by telegraph of Warden
Chamberlain, who was in Massachasetts.
On Tuesday and Saturday the men have
beans for dinner. Lost Tuesday the beans
were old and hard, and were not fit to eat.
A few of the men managed to communi
cate with other convicts In the same shop,
nnd all the workmen in that shop, about 40
In number, agreed that when beans were
served again they would refuse them.
In the meantime the poor beans had been
condemned and n new supply of good ones
bought On Saturday, as the men filed
by the tables where they received the pans
containing their dinner, all the men in the
shop where the discontent was manifest re
fused to take their beans. Deputy Warden
Balsden promptly sent the nine active men
In the lot to their cells. General Chamber
lain, whs arrived on Saturday night, ap
proved of Warden Balsden's action.
GENEBAL HAWXEY'S DENIAL
He Says the President Has Not Tendered
Him the War Office.
New Haves; Sepr. 7. Special General
'Hawley, who is at Woodmont enjoying the
shore life at the Hotel Pembroke, was asked
to-day whether it was true that President
Harrison had offered the War Office to him.
He replied:
"The entire story Is an invention. There
is not a word ot truth in it The Secretary
ship has not been offered to me by the Presi
dent or anybody else. I have had no con
sultations with anybody, and my friends
have never advised me about the matter."
"Will you also deny that you are Cape May
conterring with the President?" asked the
reporter.
'You may see for yourself," said the Gen
eral, laughingly. The papers say that I am
there, but so far as I know the statement is
not true."
THE WAB 0 THE DALT0KS.
One of the Officers Sent in Pursuit fsneld
Up by the Gang. "
GcTBnre, O. T., Sept 7. A Welis-Fargo
courier from the Sao and Fox Agency, CO
miles east of here, arrived at this place this
evening. He brings a report from Special
Agent Dodge, who was sent out by the ex
press company to locate the noted Dal ton
gang who robbed the express car on the
Santa Fe Railroad some time ago.
Dodge reports that he-was held up last
night by the gang, bnt escaped after his
horse had been shot from under him and
nftur he himself had been slishtly wounded.
His ieport closed: "I have organized a
posse, and will follow the gang immedi
ately." Dodge is known to be a brave officer,
and a lively skirmish will occur when he
and his posse close npon the Daltons.
President Wclhe at Pottsvllle.
POTTSVILLE, Sept. 7. William Weihe, Presi
dent of the Amalgamated Association, ar
rived here this afternoon and listened to the
argument in the petition of the Pottsvllle
Iron and Steel Company for an injunction
to keep the strbring mill hands from inter
fering with the non-union men now at work
nnder the protection of Pinkerton detect
ives. The Judge withheld his decision.
Sweeping the Reservation Clean.
Sac asd Fox Aoescv, I. T., Sept. 7. Troops
B and G, Fifth Cavalry, began the work of
removing intruders from the Sao and Fox
and Iowa reservations yesterday morning.
nnntnara are flvin? in everv direction at the
word of command. The cowboys and rent
ers move slowly, but everything goes before
the sweep of the soldiers. No resistance is
being offeied.
A Train Falls From a Trestle.
Lexixotoit. Kt., Sept. 7. An eastbound
freight tr-.tln from this city on the Kentucky
Union Railroad was wrecked at Clay City to
day by falling off the trestle at the east end
of the bridge over Bed river, 40 feet high.
The engine nnd seven cars went down.
Thompson Hall, fireman, was killed, and
Engineer Hanna was badly scalded.
IS
lrom Officials Both in Alle
gheny City and Sharps
Tbnrg Borough.
CLEEK HASTINGS IS SHOBT.
The Market Honse Book3 Show a De
ficiency of Over $30,000.
HE BOLDLY DENIES CROOKEDNESS.
Treasurer Kraft Bet on Delamater's Election
With Borough Funds.
BONDSMEN WILL MAKE GOOD THE L0S3
The accounts of Market Clerk David
Hastings, of Allegheny, have been found
to be short ?32,647 65. The shortage Covers
a period of 18 years, and beyond that there
is no record. No system of books was
kept. There were receipt stubs, but a part
of them have been burned. Such was the
report made by the auditors to the Alle
gheny Auditing Committee last evening by
Expert Bigger. As the reading pro
gressed the various members asked
questions most of which were an
swered further on in the report One
aked by Mr. Lewis was whether
David Hastings, a relative of
the clerk, had ever paid any rent. The re
ply was that go far as could be learned f 87 00
had been paid during this year. There was
ho record of his ever having paid anything
before that Expert Bigger further stated
that it was only once in a long while that
the stubs and the Treasurer's accounts bal
anced, but for the last three months they
had come out to the cent' The report fol
lows: now the money disappeahed.
Glllford, Chairman of Audi tine Com-
n j r
YoUr auditors would respectfully snb-
m. .he accompanying exhibits as to the re
sult of our examination' of the accounts of
the Clerk of Markets:
Exhibit "H" shows arrearages in rent by
ocoupants of butchers' stalls of $23,271 83. be
ginning with January 1, 1879, and ending
July 1, 1891. In arriving at this indebted
ness we have prepared an improvised ledger
nnd credited np each occupant with the
various amounts tnat appeared on batcher
stall receipt stub, and have cbarzed them
with the time of their occupancy, lha
Clerk of Marketa failed utterly to keep any
books that would enable him or anyone else
to determine the condition of affairs be
tween the city and the lessees of stands, ex
cept by referring back over the receipt
stubs, and, in view of what our exhibit
shows, the Market Clerk did not refer very
frequently to those stubs. In investigating
the rentals accruing from garden stands, we
were only furnished with the stubs of the
garden stand receipt book, beginning with
January 8, 1839, the clerk Informing us that
the receipt stubs previous to that date were
destroyed In the garden furnace.
Exhibit "N" shows arrearages by occu
pants ot garden stands to the extent of
$5,721-30. The amount stated In exhibit wa3
determined by charging up the rental of the
various stands from dates found in the re
ceipt stub, beginning Jannary 8, 1S89, par
tially Verified by the official chart or Market
stands herewith submitted, marked "Special
Exhibit N."
Front the above amount Is to bo deducted
the receipts since July 1 of present year.
This amount does not Include exhibit show
ing omissions.
THE BETTTBN3 DO NOT TALLY.
Exhibit "O" shows a discrepancy between
the receipts as shown by receipt stub and
the sworn returns to the City Controller, of
$2 3U 31.
we nave prepared tnis exnimc witn a
View to making it self-explanatory, and
therefore deem it unnecessary to enlarge
Exhibit "P," which is an account showing
the dally collections from transient vendors.
We have endeavored to show the condition
of the account called "dally collections,"
but the chain of record In the dally collec
tions receipt stubs we found so disconnected
that our exhibit is a very small return for
the time and labor expended in straighten
ing out This exhibit shows a discrepancy
between the receipt stubs and Clerk of Mar
kets' returns to the City Controller of $6 68.
We also find a discrepancy between the re
ceipts on account of rent of storerooms and
the return to City Controller, of $133 50."
Respectfully submitted,
T. W. Biooeb,
Joan McKibdt,
Auditors.
The summary of the report was read next.
It was as follows:
BIO BOODLE FOB THE BUTCHERS.
Butcher stalls arrearages from January,
1S78, and rentals due to JuneSO, 1801, $23 271 81.
Garden stands arrearages January, 1889, and
rentals due to June 3, 1891, 5,721 30. Garden
stands, discrepancies between the receipts
as shown by the garden stand receipt Btnb
from January 8,1889, to June 30,1891, and
Clerk of Market report to City Comptroller
for the same period, $2,91134. Dally collec
tions, discrepancies between daily receipts
from transient vendors as shown by receipt
stubs from November, 1882. to July SO, 1891,
and Clerk of Markets' reports to City Comp
troller for same period. $855 68. Storeroom
discrepancies, $483 50. Total, $32,617 63.
When the report and summary had been
read, a motion was made to refer the report
of the auditors to the sub auditing commit
tee to prepare a report for Councils.
Mr. Neeb suggested that they incorporate
in the motion that Mr.Hastlngs be requested
to appear before the committee and make
such explanation as he may desire. It was
remarked that Mr. Hastings was present
and could be heard tnen.
Mr. Henrickg thought ho might not be pre
pared to make n statement then.
The motion, hot ever, to hear Mr. Hast
ings was adopted. The clerk looked about,
bnt Mr. Hastings, who had been in tho hall
way but a few mlnnte3 before, had gone.
Henricks then stated that as to the
Mayor's office business they had expected to
take it np, but found that they could not ex
amine Into the Mayor's office matter and tha
market clerk's affair at the same time, and
therefore postponed, the Mayor's office re
port until the next meeting, t
HASTINGS CALLED ON TO EXPLAIN.
On motion the committee then adjourned
to meet at the call of the Chair, tha Chair
man also to notify Market Clerk Hastings to
bepresent.
The exhibits accompanying the report
were too lengthy to be read before the com
mittee, exnioit "no. i" snowing arrear
ages of butchers' stalls from January 1, 12)79,
to July 1, 1891, amounting to $23,27183, was an
individual account giving the names of tha
occupants of the stalls. It detailed for each
man what amount he was credited with
having paid as shown by the receipt stubs,
and the amonnt he should have paid for tha
period he ocoupied the stall. Mr. McKirdy
explained that the auditors would find a re
ceipt stub showing that ona man had paid
rent for the year 18S3. Then there were no
stubs to show any rent paid for 1834 and 183S
and then stubs would appear for rent paid
forlS86.
It was either known or presumed that the
tenant had occupied the stall all the time,
and the market clerk was charged with the
arrearage by tho auditors. They, of course,
could not tell whether the tenant had not
paid, or whether the market clerk had.
jailed to give him credit The amounts
manv individuals were thus credited with
owing, or were unaccounted for; ranged
from $17 50 up to $1,005 50. Those over (500
were: James Reed, $623 24; R. Danrer, $722 SO;
J. Sanderson, $887 50: George BeUsteln, $975;
Andrew Kress, $77750: Chas. Breckel, $1,00125:
James Sanderson, $553; Charles Wehner and
Lewis Middle ton. $912; J. Gallagher. $535;
George Peters, $575; George Barter. $555 50;
George Gelatz. $1,005 60: A. W. Gevach,
$722 SO; J. F. BeUsteln, $528.
BBNTALS OP THE GARDEN STANDS.
Exhibit "N," referring to the garden
stands, was arranged In the same way. The
arrearages amounted to $5,721 20, ranging la
sums from $5 to $218.
Exhibit "O" also related to garde n-standa
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